Checking Out Your Hi-Fi

February, 1978

Turntable TimeConducting some simple periodic checks on your stereo rig will help things run better and will alert you to trouble before it becomes serious.Start with the turntable. Is it still level (assuming you had made it so when installed)? Check it by placing a small spirit level on the platter. Rotate the platter to get four readings (north, east, south, west). Correct for any nonleveling by adjusting the feet of the base (if provided) or by wedging cardboard snips under the base as neede...